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Dec. 20, 2012: OFAC giveth, OFAC taketh away
Two releases today from OFAC: This morning, 3 individuals were added to the Transnational Criminal Organizations sanctions: 2 Kyrgyz nationals, and 1 has Georgian and Russian citizenship. This...
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OFAC Updates for January 23, 2013
A bunch of updates from OFAC today. First, the following additions were made to the Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) sanctions: The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:...
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Meet the bad guys: Camorra, Yakuza and Brothers’ Circle
Beyond the pretty dry OFAC releases, it’s kind of interesting to hear the story behind the story. Yesterday, Treasury issued a press release about the transnational crime organizations (TCOs) that were...
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The OFAC Book of Why: Transnational Criminal Organizations
Executive Order 13581, signed July 25 2011, invoked powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and section 301 of title 3 of the United...
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OFAC decides to pick on someone besides Iran…
6 members of MS-13 were added today to the SDN List, under the Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) sanctions program. Just in case you might meet them face-to-face, today's release included a...
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OFAC sanctions a Turkish terrorist and some criminals
Hot off the presses – Bulut Yayla has been added as an SDGT (Specially Designated Global Terrorist): YAYLA, Bulut (a.k.a. INCE, Samet); DOB 1981; POB Zonguldak, Turkey (individual) [SDGT]. And the...
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October 30, 2013: OFAC Adds Brothers’ Circle Associates to SDN List
On Wednesday, OFAC added the following people: BADALYAN, Artur (a.k.a. BADALYAN, Arthur); DOB 09 Sep 1963 (individual) [TCO]. LEPSVERIDZE, Grigory Victorovich (a.k.a. LEPS, Grigoriy; a.k.a. LEPS,...
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December 19, 2013: Yamaguchi-gumi TCO designations by OFAC
4 Japanese persons listed by OFAC on Thursday, under the Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO) sanctions program: HASHIMOTO, Hirofumi (a.k.a. KANG, Hong-Mun; a.k.a. KYO, Hirofumi); DOB 08 Jan 1947...
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July 2, 2014: OFAC designates more criminals
On Wednesday, OFAC designated the following persons under the Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) sanctions program: BARBATO, Francesco; DOB 21 Nov 1979; POB San Cipriano d'Aversa, Italy...
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April 15, 2015: 3 new transnational criminals designated by OFAC
On April 15th, OFAC designated the following 3 individuals under its Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) sanctions program: CANALES RIVERA, Elmer (Latin: CANALES RIVERA, Élmer) (a.k.a. “CROOCK”;...
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April 21, 2015: 5 more people, 1 entity added to OFAC’s TCO sanctions
On April 21st, OFAC added the following 5 individuals: DIRIYE, Ahmed (a.k.a. ABDIKARIM, Sheikh Mahad Omar; a.k.a. ABU UBAIDAH, Ahmad Umar; a.k.a. ABU UBAIDAH, Ahmed Omar; a.k.a. ABU UBAIDAH, Sheikh...
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The OFAC Book of Why: Transnational Criminal Organizations
Executive Order 13581, signed July 25 2011, invoked powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and section 301 of title 3 of the United...
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OFAC decides to pick on someone besides Iran…
6 members of MS-13 were added today to the SDN List, under the Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) sanctions program. Just in case you might meet them face-to-face, today's release included a...
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OFAC sanctions a Turkish terrorist and some criminals
Hot off the presses – Bulut Yayla has been added as an SDGT (Specially Designated Global Terrorist): YAYLA, Bulut (a.k.a. INCE, Samet); DOB 1981; POB Zonguldak, Turkey (individual) [SDGT]. And the...
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October 30, 2013: OFAC Adds Brothers’ Circle Associates to SDN List
On Wednesday, OFAC added the following people: BADALYAN, Artur (a.k.a. BADALYAN, Arthur); DOB 09 Sep 1963 (individual) [TCO]. LEPSVERIDZE, Grigory Victorovich (a.k.a. LEPS, Grigoriy; a.k.a. LEPS,...
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December 19, 2013: Yamaguchi-gumi TCO designations by OFAC
4 Japanese persons listed by OFAC on Thursday, under the Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO) sanctions program: HASHIMOTO, Hirofumi (a.k.a. KANG, Hong-Mun; a.k.a. KYO, Hirofumi); DOB 08 Jan 1947...
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April 15, 2015: 3 new transnational criminals designated by OFAC
On April 15th, OFAC designated the following 3 individuals under its Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) sanctions program: CANALES RIVERA, Elmer (Latin: CANALES RIVERA, Élmer) (a.k.a. “CROOCK”;...
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April 21, 2015: 5 more people, 1 entity added to OFAC’s TCO sanctions
On April 21st, OFAC added the following 5 individuals: DIRIYE, Ahmed (a.k.a. ABDIKARIM, Sheikh Mahad Omar; a.k.a. ABU UBAIDAH, Ahmad Umar; a.k.a. ABU UBAIDAH, Ahmed Omar; a.k.a. ABU UBAIDAH, Sheikh...
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November 12, 2015: Also from OFAC, TCO and SDNT updates
In addition to the big updates due to the termination of the Liberian sanctions program, OFAC also added the following 2 entities under its transnational criminal organizations (TCO) sanctions: AL...
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OFAC makes changes to terror, organized crime rolls
Earlier today, OFAC added the following person to the anti-terrorism sanctions: ERDOGAN, Emrah (a.k.a. “AL-KURDI, Salahuddin”); DOB 1987 to 1989; POB Turkey; nationality Germany (individual) [SDGT]....
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